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Share a little about the materials, processes and techniques used to create this piece.I learned from Pat Weaver's video how to paint pet portraits in Acrylic. while the first few turned out great, i struggle with the medium. So I decided to do this lovely girl boxer in oil paint. This is a beloved family member of a friend who commissioned this portrait.

Is the piece for sale?No

I think this is a very good
painting of this Boxer,
but I don't like the way
it is cut off, ragged looking
at the bottom. You could
have softened this down,
losing some edges. This
is where a background
color would have worked.
You could merge the shoulders into the background and painted
the chest to the bottom
of the canvas, I think
that would look better.

Thank you! I will definitely explore a background color next time and soften the edges to blend in and lose the ragged edges. I appreciate the feedback and you are very generous with your experience and help! I love to always be learning :)